Approved IAR CE Courses

This course will explore advanced tax planning strategies designed to maximize your clients' financial outcomes. This session starts with a review of tax brackets and the assets and accounts best suited for helping clients manage their tax brackets. The programs then delves into key areas such as Roth Conversions, Roth IRA Distribution Limitations, Net Unrealized Appreciation, Gain and Loss Harvesting, Novel 529 Strategies, Opportunity Zones, Solar Investment, and 1031 Exchanges, providing you with the insights needed to effectively manage your clients' tax brackets. Additionally, the presenter will cover optimizing annuities through gain harvesting, leveraging charitable giving for tax benefits, and strategically planning itemized deductions. Discover the nuances of 529 Plans, the unique benefits of investing in oil and gas, and the intricacies of installment sales. Enhance your knowledge on investments and uncover innovative approaches to tax planning to help your clients make informed financial decisions.

This session explores a range of tax strategies from fundamental to advanced levels for individual clients. Topics include optimizing contributions to tax-advantaged accounts, maximizing deductions and credits, managing investment-related taxes, leveraging income shifting and splitting techniques, handling special tax issues (such as Social Security and insurance proceeds), and preparing for the possible sunset of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).

Join nationally renowned CPA Bob Keebler for an advanced exploration of Roth conversions, executive compensation planning, and the strategic use of trusts in tax and estate planning. The session includes practical frameworks, bracket visualization techniques, case studies, and specialized topics such as lifetime gifting, charitable legacy structures, and planning for state estate tax exposure.

This advanced session covers strategic tax planning for business owners, including entity selection, business deductions and credits, compensation planning, and tax-efficient exit strategies. Special focus is given to medical professionals and the unique opportunities available to them. The session also addresses planning around the sunset of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and the resulting tax and estate planning impacts.

This session focuses on optimizing client tax outcomes through effective tax bracket management. Topics include the structure of the tax system, bracket management strategies, asset location planning, the impact of Medicare IRMAA surcharges, and specialized opportunities such as Net Unrealized Appreciation (NUA) planning. Designed for investment advisor representatives, the course blends technical knowledge with real-world planning strategies.

The OBBBA did not make charitable planning less valuable—it made the choice of what to give, when to give, and how to give it more important than ever.

Beginning in 2026, many non-itemizers will gain a new deduction for qualifying cash gifts, while itemizers will face a new 0.5% of AGI floor and high-income taxpayers may receive less value from their charitable deductions. These changes make personalized planning essential for clients at every income level.

In this practical, advisor-focused webinar, you will learn how to help clients select the most tax-efficient assets, timing, and charitable-giving strategies under the new rules. We will compare cash gifts with appreciated securities, explain when bunching still works, examine the continued power of Qualified Charitable Distributions, and show when donor-advised funds remain valuable—and when another approach may produce a better result.

The program will also address common annual-giving mistakes, documentation requirements, employer matching gifts, charitable planning during Roth-conversion or unusually high-income years, and advanced strategies involving charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, charitable gift annuities, real estate, and closely held business interests.

Trust, tax, and estate planning is essential components for IRAs. Without them, significant amounts could be lost to federal and estate taxes for IRA owners and their beneficiaries. Join nationally renowned experts to learn the following:- Roth conversion strategies- Strategies for reducing the tax impact of IRA distributions- When it makes sense for a trust to be the beneficiary of an IRA- General estate planning strategies for IRAs

The SEC’s modernized Marketing Rule significantly changed how registered investment advisers can promote their services, and regulators continue to scrutinize marketing practices closely during examinations and enforcement actions. In this session, securities attorney Michelle Atlas-Quinn will break down the key requirements of the rule and explain how advisors can structure compliant marketing programs in 2026. The program will clarify what qualifies as an advertisement under the rule, review prohibited statements that may be considered misleading, and explain the regulatory requirements governing testimonials, endorsements, and promoter relationships. Michelle will also examine the complex rules surrounding performance advertising, including the presentation of gross and net performance, the limitations on hypothetical performance, and the documentation firms must maintain to support marketing claims. The session will also address third-party ratings, social media considerations, and the expanded books-and-records obligations under the rule, while reviewing recent enforcement actions that illustrate how regulators interpret these requirements in practice.

When it comes to homeownership and financing, mortgage planning and credit score management go hand in hand. A strong credit profile leads to better mortgage rates, lower borrowing costs, and increased financial flexibility. As a financial advisor, understanding how to guide clients in both mortgage planning and credit score optimization is essential for helping them secure better financing, manage debt strategically, and maximize long-term wealth.In this program, our experts will break down mortgage strategies and credit optimization techniques into separate, focused discussions, giving advisors the tools to guide clients through both areas effectively. Advisors will learn how to help clients improve credit scores before applying for a mortgage, manage mortgage debt at different life stages, and leverage home equity in retirement.

Most financial planners have only heard two versions of the reverse mortgage story — the sales pitch that glosses over the costs, and the outdated warning that treats it as a last resort for the desperate. Neither one is useful to a planner trying to serve a client well. This webinar, led by three reverse mortgage experts NAD FINANCIAL PLANNERS, gives advisors the honest, three-part framework instead: how the product actually works today, the red flags that should end the conversation before an application starts, and the specific planning scenarios — backed by peer-reviewed research — where a reverse mortgage earns a real place in a retirement plan.

Attendees will see the mechanics that matter for client conversations: today's HECM lending limits, the non-recourse protection that caps family risk at $0 regardless of home value, and the standby line of credit that grows whether or not the home appreciates — a feature that Harold Evensky recommended advisors use for mitigating sequence-of-return risk. Financial planners will join to share multiple examples of how their clients have used a reverse mortgage. Plus, there will be a candid discussion of when a reverse mortgage does NOT work.